♪ it's election day and in the off year it's taking center stage including legalizing marijuana and changes to b and b. a pause on the keystone pipeline coming not from the federal government but the company behind the controversial project and the reasons behind the move. new revelations this morning about the crash of that russian jet liner in egypt, what investigators are saying they found at the site where the plane went down. poking fun, president obama weighs in the republican fray over the last debate. >> and then it turns out they can't handle a bunch of c nbc

moderators. ♪ welcome to your world is morning i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm dell walters and americans go to the polls to pick a next president but today deciding issues that hit a little closer to home. >> stopping discrimination and legalizing pot and a fight between a tech start up and major city it's about the issues on the ballot in houston and it will protect the rights of transgender individuals and to among others use the bathroom of their choosing. >> san francisco voters could decide of rb and b and restrict home rental services being looked at and ohio voters will decide to use medical and

recreati recreationel use of marijuana and we are live from columbus, ohio and the polls doing little to pr digit the outcome of marijuana legalization, are you getting any early indications as to which way the vote might go? >> dell resent polls show voters in iowa are split down the middle and appears to be more support for the medicine use of legalized marijuana. analysts say the outcome of this election will come down to voter turnout. >> my name is joe dieders abspent my career fighting crime and looking to legalize marijuana. >> reporter: commercials filling up space on television screens in ohio for months and now it's up to the voters to decide on a constitutional amendment to legalize medicine and recreational marijuana. >> this happens here, this is going to be earth shattering. >> reporter: james was responsible with ohio says he

believes the proposal is a opportunity for economic growth. >> we create 30,000 jobs and generate 554 million a year and finally fill pot holes with pot money and help people who are chronically ill. >> reporter: there is another side to the battle here, the drive to legalize marijuana is funded by a group of big money investors, the voters approved the measure, those investors will get exclusive rights to own and operate ten marijuana growing sites across the state. >> it's a "real money" grab by a small group of wealthy investors. >> reporter: another measure on the ballot would make it impossible to ban granting special rights through ohio's constitution. >> and with this plan which has no boundaries on where you can market it, there is going to be 1159 stores in the state of ohio which are more than "starbucks" and mcdonald's combined. >> reporter: tony with the drug free action alliance is concerned about the impact that

marijuana edibles such as candy and baked goods could have on young children. >> as much as you talk about this being a harmless drug we know that one in 11 folks do become addicted to it. >> james disagrees. >> until we regulate marijuana we will not control it. >> if issue three is approved ohio would become the fifth state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. however some analysts say it's likely that this debate over legal pot will eventually end in court. and the polls here in ohio are expected to open shortly and i'm told that the results of this election are expected to roll in at around 9:00 this evening, back to you. >> nbc this is the first time voters in the u.s. are going to be decided whether to approve recreational marijuana and medical marijuana at the same time rather than going from medical first, why did they go this route? >> well, i asked ian james

featured in the speech of responsible ohio and question and he said to bring attention to the issue and says if marijuana is legalized here in ohio both recreationally and medicinely it will change the national conversation on the issue, back to you. >> in columbus, ohio this morning and thank you very much. houston is at the center of a mayor fight over lgbt rights and voters will decide on antidiscrimination protection but as al jazeera jonathan martin explains conservatives over one particular group protected by that list. >> reporter: houston has been really a battleground dealing with this ordinance. >> reporter: voters are set to decide on a controversial proposal, the houston eekel rights ordinance prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing and public factors based on age, race, religion and sexual orientation and gender adensity. >> right now in houston if there

is an instance of discrimination it literally has to be a federal case because there is no local protection to offer a local remedy and that is what this ordinance would do, it would create a local solution to a local problem. >> reporter: more than 200 u.s. cities already have similar ordinances. in 21 states and the district of columbia have statewide protections but in houston conservative leaders are blasting the measure and say goes against their religious beliefs. opponents have focused on the clause that would out law this based on dgender identity. >> it's ant about allowing men in woman's locker rooms. >> reporter: bathroom bill and religious groups released a series of ads like a man posing as a sexual predator entering a women's bathroom. >> protect privacy and danger and vote no on the proposition

one ordinance and goes too far. >> reporter: call the ads scare tactics. >> very frustrating to see a conversation that should be about equality and treating people fairly really desolve into a smear campaign against trans people. >> reporter: responded with commercials including showing trans people being welcomed. >> great plumber and works as hard as the rest of us. >> reporter: the mayor who is openly gay has been pushing for a city wide nondiscrimination ordinance for more than a year and said in a statement we deserve the right to be treated equally, to do otherwise hurts the well-known image of a place that is embracing society and they say the outcome of the vote is beyond houston as one of the most deverse and largest cities and adopting an ordinance here is a step since the legalization of gay marriage is now

activists' top priority pushing for nondiscrimination laws in all 50 states. john martin al jazeera. good to see the debate in houston and we will look more on the battle. >> eyes on the election. to build the keystone pipeline on hold at the request of the company behind it and trans canada asking them to suspend the review process and al jazeera's mike reports the reasons behind it could be political. >> reporter: request by trans canada the canadian concern that has wanted to build the keystone pipeline for several years now comes on the same day that the white house had finally come out and said the permitting process would be done, the president would be making a decision, administration making a decision before the end of president obama's term and trans canada says they want to suspended the permitting process in a letter

to secretary of state john kerry the state department handles it since it crosses international border and wants to suspend the process while it considers an alternate route through the state of nebraska remember it was the route through nebraska that already caused one designed lay, a lot of concern the pipeline would have traversed a sensitive under ground aquifer in the state of nebraska and went through the judicial and leg slay tiff pro -- legislative and approved and will push it back for time after 2016 election in the united states the presidential united states and a new occupant of the white house and fascinating here on the long fought battle and it has been the for some time and thought they would make a ruling before the 2012 elections answer pushed it back with legislative challenges, congress passed a bill overwhelming majorities with the house and senate in washington to build the pipeline, the president vetoed

the legislation and not enough votes in the senate to over ride the veto and a cause with conservative circles for quite sometime and environmentalists have hated the project, no one needs to be reminded and protests outside the white house here for consideration during the permitting process and many expected ultimately the president would not allow the pipeline to be built, all of that now in question after this decision by trans canada to suspend the permitting process and look at alternate routes and preferred route through nebraska and many people wondering exactly how long that will take and whether there is a political calculation involved. >> that is mike at the white house this morning and mike says if that pipeline is built it will carry 800,000 barrels of crude from canada to the u.s. a day. new questions today about what caused the crash of a russian airliner in egypt, investigators continue to gather evidence at the site in sinai

where it went down and 224 people were on board and this morning there are reports that satellites detected a heat flash at the same time of the crash and the report suggests the flash could have been caused from an explosion on the jet and kremlin also says they found items at the site not found on the plane. and trouble for a pakistani airliner today flight 142 attempting to land in the northern city of lahor and it slipped off the runway and sat in a grassy field went gins partially pulled off, landing gear collapsed and the tire appeared to burst as it was touching down, all 112 passengers on board are said to be okay. a strong storm is battering yemen's coast, cyclone chapala made land a few hours ago and it's hitting the central coast right now with 75 miles per hour winds, at last three people died as the storm passed over an island on monday. >> it's concerning because it's

going over yemen and nicole has been checking on the situation and talking about an area where people are living outside in many cases. >> that is a huge concern because of the wind and you don't always want to factor it in but the rain it will bring in and the arabian sea it's uncommon to get tropical systems in general and you can pick out where the storm is kind of doing a skip so actually to landfalls in yemen along the coastline and this is impressive and made it to a category four and on record the second strongest ever in the arabian sea and now on record the only to still hit as that cyclone or what we would call a hurricane category in this country. now the last system a few years ago a weak tropical storm caused 200 loss of life and this hit as a hurricane and the big concern is there is average of 4" a year and this could dump up to a foot so two or three times of what they see in a year coming in

just a day or two and we are very concerned about the flooding here. well as we continue off to the united states let's look at some other concerns and look at where we had all the flooding back as the last storm system kind of moved its way through portions of the southern plains and through the south, all that lingering moisture is translating to areas of fog this morning so very hard getting out the door. >> okay, nicole thank you very much. president obama continues his push for justice reform today talking ant the release of drug offenders while he is on the road, on monday he went to a halfway house in jersey calling on companies not to automatically disqualify former prisoners looking for jobs. >> it is relevant to find out whether somebody has a criminal record. we are not suggesting ignore it but we are suggesting when it comes to the application give folks a chance to get through the door. >> reporter: president obama also meeting with prison officials to meet about the obstacles to rehabilitation, ant

6,000 inmates being released from prisons as revised mandatory minimum sentences. >> solving the refugee crisis in europe. >> talking to the prime minister of slovania about how his country plans to deal with the flood of people who are fleeing their home lands. >> reporter: volkswagen scandal, and the luxury auto brands that are now part of the investigation,

♪ new allegations against volkswagen the epa says it found more cars rigged to cheat emissions test including those made by porsche and tom ackerman

has the latest. >> reporter: last september the u.s. regulators said they discovered nearly half a million vw and audies powered by 2.0 diesel engines had benefitted with illegal software, software that fooled testers into certifying the vehicles met the limits of nitrogen emissions and the cars were releasing nine times or more of the smog producing gas and now additional testing found at least 10,000, 3.0 models including the delesion 2016 portia were equipped with the defeat devices and volkswagen failing to disclose as legally required those cars were fitted with additional emission control devices and the epa added quote the epa's investigation into this matter is continuing. the epa may find additional violations as the investigation continues and the regulators

plan to test light duty diesel vehicles made by other car makers as well. before the latest disclosures volkswagen planned to recall more than eight million vehicles sold in europe with the illegal software as well as more in india and north america. last week it announced the company's first operating loss in 15 years owing to 7.4 billion it set aside to pay for corrections but the money wouldn't cover the cost of battling hundreds of lawsuit against volkswagen and include a class action suit to force it to buy back all the rigged vehicles it sold in california. the scandal is already hurting the company's over all performance after vw briefly topped toyota this year as the worldest best auto maker and the stock lost a quarter since the scandal broke. nebraska company recalling nearly 200,000 pounds of ground beef and say it may be

contaminated with ecoli and meats incorporated which shipped nationwide and sample may be in your freezer and u. sda says to cook to 160 degrees to kill harmful bacteria and so far no illnesses reported. this morning the chipolte chain facing the first of what could be many lawsuits over an outbreak of ecoli at its locations in oregon and washington state. about two dozen people have become ill and as we report the company has now closed more than 40 of its restaurants. >> reporter: white rice, black beans, tortillaa medium and hot sauce and cheese >> that is how he likes his usual order and what he says caused him to become violently ill in the days after picking up his meal in seattle a week ago and developed severe abdominal cramps vomiting and diarrhea. >> it's overwhelming having the problems hit at once and it's

like what is going on and tuesday morning i was about ready to go to the doctor. >> he didn't go to a doctor but his symptoms were nearly identical to what chris collins experienced after eating at a chipoltle in portland, oregon and diagnosed with ecoli. >> i feel like i've got food poisoning before and never got sick like this. the excruciating pain in the abdomen was something i never experienced. >> 20 cases in washington and oregon in the last few weeks. most of the people who got sick had eaten at six chipolte restaurants and prompted the mexican fast-food chain to close the doors at dozens of locations in the pacific northwest and health officials say they have not determined the exact source of the contamination. >> most of the cases are associated with the restaurant chipoltle but at this point in time not all cases have eaten at chipoltle and believe a food item is the cause of the

infections. >> reporter: those infections would be the third food-borne out break this year, salmonella linked to tomatos and noro virus sickened customers in employees in california. they promotes fresh ingredient and locally raised foods not genetically modified but the food lawyer says locally grown doesn't always mean safer. >> look at chipoltle with out breaks i think they have to ask themselves pretty hard questions. >> reporter: they told us food safety is always a top priority, a couple of isolated and unrelated incidents are in no way suggestive of a lack of priority. the company also says it has no plans to close restaurants in

other states. saab that register, seattle. controversial red light program in chicago netting the city $500 million and the city is addicted to the money and cameras and say the red light cameras are designed to switch from yellow to red trapping drivers and causing a lot of rear end collisions and ali has the story. >> reporter: captured on camera vehicles running red lights with disaster results and grappled to make intersections safer and a controversial method is to use red light camera. >> when you throw a red light camera up at an intersection what happened was people started slamming on the brakes and low and be hold there is a 22% increase in rear end accidents at these intersection that have red light cameras. >> reporter: david kid well is an investigative reporter for

the chicago tribune and following the troubled history of chicago's red light camera program and since 2003 the city's nearly 400 red light cameras have brought in 500 million in traffic fines, money the city desperately needs. >> the city of chicago's bond rating is darn near junk rating right now, ending the right light program creates more problems for the government and city of chicago in terms of making up very, very critical shortfall in the amount of money they have to run the city. >> reporter: also exposed other problems at intersections in chicago with red light cameras and a big problem is the yellow light intervals are too short, federal guidelines say they should last at least 3.2 seconds, the city of chicago's department of transportation says its yellow lights are set at 3 seconds but kid well

uncovered evidence that many of the red light intersection had yellow light interval of less than three seconds and that is what the research shows and he is better known to chicago people as the red light doctor. using a video camera and special software he is able to capture the exact duration of a yellow light interval. today his camera proves that this chicago yellow light lasts just 2.873 seconds. red light camera revenue is municipal crack cocaine and are hooked on it and will go down fighting before they give up the revenue from the camera. >> reporter: he says chicago became the nation's capitol of red light cameras through corruption and back room politics chicago style in 2014 john bills was indicted on a bribery charge and they say as

assist and transportation commissioner bill received $2 million in bribes from red flags. on august 20 of this year former red flag ceo karen finley plead guilty to a federal charge she conspired to bribe john bills and a few months later she plead guilty to another charge she bribed officials in ohio. bill's attorney says his client never had the power or authority to do what federal prosecutors allege and that john bills did his job in the best interest of chicago, not himself. but red flag's problems are far from over. a fired former executive of that company now working with federal prosecutors alleges in another lawsuit that red flex executives bribed officials in at least 13 other states. for its part red flex says the company has new leadership, new systems and new policies and is committed to transparency and

honesty in our business practice. >> we have 300 cameras out there, still the largest camera operation in the country and still fills a very huge budget hole for the city of chicago. >> ali with al jazeera, city of chicago. coming up, on your world this morning, prime minister and we will talk to him about the migrant crisis and how it's effecting his country. judged by a jury of your peers or maybe not. >> supreme court hears arguments over race and justice in a decade old case.

>> tough that the country gave

up on me. >> look at the trauma... every day is torture. >> this is our home. >> nobody should have to live like this. >> we made a promise to these heroes... this is one promise americans need to keep. ♪ welcome back to your world this morning and 7:29 eastern and voters across america a heading to the polls in state and local election and marijuana legalization and lgbt rights on the ballot and two states will choose governors mississippi and kentucky, the company behind the keystone pipeline is putting the project on hold and trans canada asked the government monday to suspend the review process and obama was in the final stages to decide to go with the pipeline and conservatives in congress

have been pushing to build it. new details of the crash of the russian jet in egypt, the memorial now underway this st. petersburg russia where the jet was bound when it crashed in egypt and looking into data with a heat flash the same as the crash and could point to some type of explosion on board. [switching captioners]

>> making migrants turn left. slovenia gained independence in 1991. it is an e.u. and nato member country and has a population of 2 million people. the prime minister joins us from the capital. mr. prime minister, thank you so much for your time. most of the more than 100,000 people that have entered your country are passing through on their way to germany. how that their journey effected the people of slovenia and what has your government done to control this mass migration? >> as you said, it is really a mass migration, and we are doing what we can to treat the migrants and refugees among them in the most human way possible. we try to be humane, compassionate, we provide for warm shelter, food, water,

medical care, and everything we can, but of course, slovenia, as you said, is a small middle european country with only 2 million residents and we cannot provide for the migrants beyond our capabilities, so of course, we are just a transit country here. the people are coming in great big flows to slovenia from croatia and then we want to move on up to the north, to germany especially and sweden and other countries of their destination, and we people of slovenia are trying to do our best to help them to be humane in this way, but of course they are coming in huge numbers and big flows. about 10,000 of migrants per day, and this is as much if we make a comparison as if let's

say about 2 million would come to the united states in one day. it was a situation in slovenia just a few days ago when 13,000 came to us, and now you see if the germans or austrians start to close their borders, those migrants will not be able to proceed, not be able to move on to go to find their countries of destination and they will be stuck in slovenia. it would be terrible, because in such a situation in just let's sea three weeks, there would be about 20% of them, about 20% of our population would be migrants, so we are doing all we can to help them, as i said, but of course, as a transit country, we would like to see, to find this common european solution for the issue. we'd like to see the european union to be able to establish effective control on the external border, the border between greece and turkey, about

all we would like to see that the european union would be able to finalize and conclude the agreement with turkey in order to stop this migration flow or at least reduce it to a great extent, and about all we would like to see that the border is protected effectively, the border between slovenia and croatia. if we protect this border, if we control the flow of migrants here, it will prevent the illegal coming of migration, then it means that the european union can still preserve their freedoms of let's say freedoms of movement, of people, of goods and everything, otherwise if we start closing our borders, if germany closes its borders in austria and other countries. >> mr. prime minister, you've said a lot in the last few

moments. i just want to unpack some of what you've said, because you just put a lot there on the table. what you're saying about turkey being the solution, thats external borders need to be preserved there. refugees in at your keys are not given the rights they are in europe. 70% of refugee children aren't even in school in turkey. is that a solution convenient for europe, but bad for the refugees? >> no, not in this way. >> we should provide some means, so that those migrants, those refugees in turkey could be in much better position. we must help turkey to provide for the human rights, for their dignity, and for that reason, the european union should really substantially help the turkey

with dealing with this terrible migration issue. >> sure. >> you know -- yes? >> if germany suddenly said we can't take in anymore people and eventually that may happen, how many people would slovenia be willing to resettle? >> we have already taken in slovenia to relegate people from other countries to our country. we have been willing and ready to accept migrants, to accept refugees to slovenia already. at the this moment, we are providing shelter and all other kinds of assistance and help to let's say more than 10,000 people per day, even sometimes this number goes up to 20,000. it is just about our normal capabilities, but we do all we can in order to be helpful, in order to show our solidarity to

other european countries. if, as you say germany or austria decides to close their borders, then, of course, slovenia will also have to do something similar. >> does that include building a fence potentially at your border with croatia, the way hungry did. >> i mean, if the situation deteriorates, we'll have to escalate our measures with our border, i believe that some technical obstacles will be needed in that case in order to redirect this in flux, this flow of migrants to certain entry points. we can establish border control to prevent illegal influx of

migrants. >> it is questionable if these are illegal if they are asylum seekers. the president of the european commission has said every day counts, we will soon see families in cold rivers in the balkans perish if we don't do something. do you feel values of home rights and dig in its are being tested like never before? >> you are right object our european values including human rights and dignity, solidarity and other values have been tested very strongly in these weeks and months, and slovenia is trying to show its solidarity with some super human efforts. we try to show that we can be compassionate, we can provide for human dignity, for human rights in europe, but we can't manage it alone. we need some more help from the

european union and of course we have to tackle these issues, especially in the countries of origin where the crisis arrives. syria, for example, of course we have to definitely escalate and establish not more effective border control at the external borders of the european union. this is actually the solution to the problem, because slovenia cannot solve this problem on its own, and we are trying to do our best, but we're just a small country, a transit country, showing an example how to deal with migrants, how to be humane, how to show solidarity, but we are not able to solve this alone. >> prime minister, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> fascinating to listen to him. he said imagine 2 million people coming to the united states. i was thinking about every airport, train station, every bus station packed with

migrants, what would we do? >> they are really overwhelmed, beyond that, their economy is as i will recovering in slovenia from the financial crise, so they are overwhelmed. >> interesting. >> the key player convincing the united states to in individual iraq provided what turned out to be that false information about weapons of mass destruction. recently, he was the head of the iraqi national congress. he was 71. he died of a heart attack at his home in baghdad. >> in kentucky today, voters are choosing between the democratic attorney general and a tea party republican to become the next governor. the fight hinges on the state's popular health exchange and gay marriage. al jazeera's michael shure has more. >> voters in kentucky will elect a new governor to replace outgoing term limited govern the democratic steve bashir. republicans reelected mitch

mcconnell last year and barack obama lost decisively. a tea party republican mat bevin and attorney general jack conway, the democratic, for all of its republican leanings, it is a state that does not mirror national and state politics. they have had only two republican governors in kentucky since world war ii and their democratic house makes the state the last one in the entire south, where democrats control a chamber of government. bev vin has been controversial for his unwanted and unsuccessful challenge to mcconnell and supporting ben carson for president in a year when favorite son and powell is also seeking the nomination. two issues are health care and gay marriage con next is very

popular in kentucky. conway has embraced both programs and has also refused to take the side of kentucky's same sex marriage ban as bevin visited kim davis. >> conway has outspent bevin by a wide margin, combined with the fact that he has already won statewide office gives him an edge, but they do need to get out the vote. for bevin, it's important to get out the rural voters and in election to know. this is by no means a bell weather for other national races, though could be a wrench da on affordable care act or obamacare, which you dare not say in kentucky. the polls show them separated by a blade of bluegrass and expected to remain close once the votes are finally counted. >> the latest polls leading up to the race show democratic

conway leading republican bevin 45% to 40%. >> on the republican side, ben carson now appears to be widening his nationwide lead over donald trump, a poll showing carson with 29% support, the most of any republican to date. he has moved up six points over the last months. trump's numbers have slid. >> president obama spent last night making a little fun of some of the republicans and their anger over the last debate. >> have you noticed that every one of these candidates say obama's weak, he's, you know, people -- putin's kicking sand in his face. when i tuc talk to putin, he's g to straighten out. just looking at him, he's going to be... then it turns out they can't handle a bunch of cnby

moderators. >> the president was speaking at a democratic fundraiser in new york, the r.n.c. announcing it is going to pull out of the next republican debate that was to be hosted by nbc, candidates as you heard the president say unhappy with the way the last debate was moderated. >> the supreme court now weighing in on a case alleging racism in jury selection involves a black teen sentenced to death. he was convicted by an all white jury. al jazeera's lisa stark has more from washington. >> the case involvement timothy foster, at age 18 accused of robbing, sexually assaulting and murdering a while woman. he was convicted and sentenced to death by an all white jury. that was in 19871 year after the supreme court rule race cannot be used to disqualify a juror. fosters lawyers argued prosecutors did just that and nearly a decade ago uncovered prosecutors notes highlighting

the name of potential black jurors, circling the word black on questionnaires and on a list of definite nos, all african-americans topped the list. attorney steven bright said there is little doubt what is going on. >> we have an arsenal of smoking guns. we know what the prosecutor did was identify the african-americans, divide them up, take them apart from the other people, rank them against each other in case as their notes say, we have to accept a black. >> a number of the justice seem to agree: >> georgia's deputy attorney

general beth burton argued the notes don't show that, adding: >> there's widespread agreement to racial discrimination in jury selection is pervasive nationwide and no matter what the justice decide in this case, it is unlikely to solve that problem. >> some critics say the only way to eliminate discrimination is to get rid of peremptory challenges, an attorney's right to reject a potential juror without cause. >> if we're serious about any race discrimination in jury selection, then you have to eliminate presentty strikes, because as long as you can strike for any reason except race or gender, there's no earthly way to know. >> that, says bright, undermines confidence in the judicial system and the idea of a fair trial by a jury of one's peers. >> that was lisa stark reporting. there is more anger today over a proposal to extend health care

coverage for 9/11 first responders. >> the act was inspired at the end of september. >> the world trade center health program act expired. many of those who became ill after the attacks of 9/11 say that's an outrage. >> there are more than 72,000 first responders who aided in the rescue and recovery at ground zero, and are still suffering the health impact of their service. >> by failing to renew the act, thousands of people who worked at the world trade center after the september 11 attacks now face the prospect of losing their federally funded health care and at a rally held monday, some first responders called one option under consideration in congress a bad deal. that would extend the act by five years. critics say it could reduce compensation payments to first responders and their families by

60%. democratic senator jill brand championed an extension. >> this should be a permanent bill. >> congress is also considering a bill that would extent the doezadroga act. those first responders who suffer want the government to act. >> everything that was in that building, we ingested. anybody that was there that inhaled that cloud. >> that is john henry smith reporting. >> bracing for a potential outbreak of bird flu in the u.s. >> we'll talk about the paulry farmers trying to protect the population and their wallets.

>> al jazeera's robert ray has more. >> georgia is the top state for chicken production, a $28 billion industry that exports to more than 100 countries around the globe. if bird flu were to hit here, it could be devastating. >> it's all about awareness, preventing birds from having contact with wild birds. >> he's responsible for making sure a problem in a small back yard production doesn't take the whole industry down.

>> any back yard poultry, you don't want them running around free range, a lot of people want to have free range birds, but it's really better to keep them contained in a pen and minimize that contact with wild birds. >> buddy is a small farmer who said he's not worried about the bird flu, exactly the kind of person the georgia department of agriculture is concerned about. >> i got more things to worry about, really, that's more concern to me than that is, and that is if it's around here, i don't know what we'll do. >> if a single chicken tests positive for avian flu, flocks will have to be killed. some poultry barbs can hold up to 30,000 birds. >> in the commercial operations, they're testing those birds on a regular basis, they're being vigilant about security on those farms. in a back yard situation, if you have a pond with ducks or geese, there's the potential wild birds could come in and have contact with your chickens.

>> so far, there have been no reports of bird flu in georgia. >> since the first reported case of the virus in 2014, there have been over 50 million chickens or at your keys that have died or been euthanized across 15 states. because of that, wholesale eggs have gone up over 84% at grocery stares all across the country, like this one. >> there are almost 4500 chicken houses in georgia, the number of back yard farms is unknown, so is whether every farmer big or small will comply with the strict bio measures outlined for the poultry industry. >> it might be a problem later on down the road. if i see a problem, i'll get out of the chicken business. >> as migratory birds make their way across the state, only time will tell if the south can avoid the avian virus, nicknamed bird

flu. al jazeera, georgia. >> there is a megamerger involving candy crush, activism is going to acquire the crater paying $5.9 billion to do so. king is the third ranked mobile game publishes word wide. activism best known for guitar hero and call of duty. >> amazon books in seattle will stock up to 6,000 best sellers and amazon.com favorites. there's irony to the move. when the company started selling it's kindle and books on line, it actually hurt the bookstore business. >> we're back in two more minutes with more of your world this morning. we'll see you then. >> tough that the country gave up on me. >> look at the trauma... every day is torture. >> this is our home.

>> nobody should have to live like this. >> we made a promise to these heroes... this is one promise americans need to keep.

>> election day 2015, and today, it's all about the issues. voters are deciding on the future of pot sales and renters' rights. >> there are reports that a satellite saw a flash of heat as that apparently jet crashed in egypt. reduction investigators starting to identify the victims whose bodies have returned home. >> the company behind the key stone pipeline drops its plans. critics worry of a delaying

tactic. >> life off the grid, using alternative energy trying to compete with city life. >> good morning. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. veers are heading to the polls with some key issues on the table. >> transgender rights, the sharing economy and funding for. schools being decided in local elections. many topics could affect the presidential race, as well. >> in ohio, voters are deciding whether to legalize marijuana. four states have approved its recreational use thus far and today ohio could be the fifth. al jazeera's bisi onile-ere is live in columbus, ohio. good morning, any indication which way the vote is swinging? good morning, stephanie. right now, it's really down the middle. we are hearing, though, that there are a lot of voters here

in ohio who are for medicinal use of marijuana, not so much for recreational use. it's up for the voters to decide. this is an issue debated for months. there are two issues on the ballot. three would legalize marijuana here in ohio, issue two would kill it. i had the opportunity to speak with an organizer who's been pushing for legalized possibility for months. he believes that issue three would really give the state an opportunity to spur economic development. take a listen. >> we literally create 30,000 jobs, jeb rate $554 million a year, we can pill potholes with pot money. we can help people chronly ill, make sure the patients have the medicine that they need at the price they can afford. >> the polls here in ohio are open. we're expecting results shortly after the polls close at 8:00 p.m. southeastern time. >> bisi onile-ere, you've been

covering the other side to this battle, which is the business interest. the drive is being funded by a group of big money investors who stand to control most of the profit if the initiative wins. how if any impact could that play in today's vote? >> well, if issue three is approved, it grants exclusive rights to commercial marijuana, to 10 facility throughout the state and they would be owned by big money investors, including actor musician nick leshea. they feel this would create a monopoly. marijuana edibles, such as baked goods and candy has those concerned with children in the area. >> one of the things that concerns us about issue three is that it requires that there be more than 1100 stores selling

marijuana and marijuana infused products in every corner of the state. that's more than mcdonald's stores, more than starbucks -- >> right now when it comes to legalized marijuana here in the state of ohio, the reaction is mixed, there appears to be more support though for the medicinal use of marijuana. analysts say that the outcome of this election will come down to voter turnout. back to you. >> bisi onile-ere live for us in columbus this morning. thank you. >> elections in san francisco could affect the future of a booming tech dew, as well. proposition f. is going to regulate renting of rooms and home, known as the air b.&b. initiative. >> in a city facing a housing crisis fueled by the tech boom, the most contentious issue on the ballot, air b. and b.

>> it's not the people renting an extra room, it's those full units. we need those units back into the housing market to help alleviate the availability and affordability of housing. >> the initiative would restrict private rentals to 75 nights a year, squarely targeting the home sharing website. >> this is our bedroom that we rent out. >> many people and groups oppose the measure, including bruce bennett, a host who says the money he earns from his bedroom helps pay his bills in this extraordinarily expensive city. >> this proposition is severely limiting everybody's ability to stay in their homes that absolutely need this extra stream of income. >> others say prop f. is necessary to discourage evictions. landlords interested in kicking their tenants out to make more money on short stays. >> the impact has been the removal of long term residents, replace them with short term

visitors. >> in a town that prides itself as much on its social activism as silicone valley culture, it's a war over proposition f. on monday in one final push ahead of election day, housing rights protestors headed over to air b&b offices. it doesn't look set to pass. the mayor and govern new system oppose it as do both parties. >> we're in the middle of a first inning as it relates to regulating or even thinking about regulating our economy here in san francisco and across our country and globe, whether it's home sharing, such as air b and bullpen or ride sharing such as uber. >> campaign financing has been lopsided.

the campaign opposing the initiative has received $8.4 million with air b and b contributing 96% of that total. the campaign opposing prop f. has less. >> we're outspent 30 to one. it's an enormous disadvantage. i think people would be stunned if we win. if they win, we'll do it again next year. >> san francisco is not the company's largest market, but it is where it's headquartered, so there's a sense it needs to win in its home turf. al jazeera, san francisco. >> we'll take a closer look at other key issues in the election later in the hour, including an anti discrimination vote in houston. >> no response from the white house now that the company behind the key stone pipeline has put the project on hold. transcanada asked the state department to suspend the review

process. mike viqueira reports the reasons could be pretty political. >> the request by transcanada, the canadian concern that has that wanted to build the key stone pipeline for several years now comes on the same tape that the white house had come out and said that the permitting process would be done, the president would be making a decision, the administration would be making that decision before the end of president obama's term. may be already wondering about the timing here. transcanada wants to suspend its permitting process. in a letter to secretary of state john kerry, the state department handles the permitting process, says it wants to suspend the process while it considers an alternate route through nebraska. it was the route through nebraska that already caused bun delay, concern that the pipeline would traverse a sensitive underground aquifer. it went through the judicial and legislative process, finally approved, but now this will push

it back for an indefinite period of time perhaps until after the 2016 elections here in the united states, the presidential election and a new occupant of the white house, so a fascinating development here on this long fought battle. the permit has been outstanding for quite some time. many thought the administration would make a ruling before the 2012 election. they pushed it back. there were legislative challenges. the congress passed a bill overwhelming majorities in both the house and senate in washington to build the pipeline. the president veto's that legislation, not enough votes in the senate to override. it's been a cause in conservative circles for sometime. protests outside the white house here for years during consideration of this permitting pros. many expected that ultimately, the president would not allow the pipeline to be built. all that have now in question after this decision by transcanada to suspend the

permitting process again to look at alternate routes, what they call their preferred route through nebraska and many wondering how long that will take and whether there's a political calculation involved. back to you. >> thank you, mike viqueira reporting from the white house. if built, the pipeline would carry 800,000-barrels of oil a day from canada to the gulf coast. >> there are nuances about what caused that russian airliner to crash in egypt. the egyptian government saying international experts and officials from airbus are now examining the black boxes. the kremlin said officials there found items at the site not found on the plane, and u.s. satellites detected a heat blast that could have been caused by an explosion. the u.s. is warning americans working at its embassy in egypt not to travel to the sinai peninsula. we have a report from st. petersburg where the bodies are now being returned to the families. >> the egyptian president

continues to insist that isil played no part in the bringing down of this aircraft, but the russian news agency has a source in the search and rescue them on the ground in egypt who says they have uncovered and found elements that do not belong from that aircraft. you can make what you want of that. meanwhile, at the hotel behind me, the families are being taken out to try and identify their loved ones. so far, there's 140 bodies there, another 100 body parts, and at the moment, they've said they have now positively identified nine people. >> that is peter sharp reporting from st. petersburg. >> egypt's president is pushing aside claims that the plane was attacked. a local group affiliated with isil has said it is responsible, but there are doubts whether the group would have had the exhibits to carry out such an attack. >> it is one of the strongest

capable still yet outside have iraq and syria. the group has been able to launch ground campaigns across large swaths of north sinai and actually took control of an entire city for more than 12 hours this summer. they've been growing in their exhibits. they likely have received aid and support from isis's leadership in iraq and syria. they have do have some ground to air capability, but really, this would be much out of the previous capability that we've seen from the group. it's obviously too early for any conclusive result, but right now, the evidence does point to mechanical failure american and russian officials also say they doubt the jet was targeted, and there is little evidence at this point to back up the group's claim. >> the iraqi politician who helped convince the united states to invade iraq in 2003 has died. he was 71. as we report, he was a key force in helping guide the bush administration toward war.

>> he was still in exile when he advocated for the u.s. to invade iraq in 2003. the shia politician with a phd from the university of chicago built ties with reporters and the bush advisors, who helped shape u.s. foreign policy. he spoke at the u.n. shortly after the invasion. >> to those who stood with the dictator and who continue to question the intentions of the american and british governments in undertaking this liberation, we invite you to come and visit the mass graves where half a million of our citizens lie. >> his relationship with washington would soon turn from close to cold. he received millions of dollars from the c.i.a. for forwarding evidence that every said showed sadaam hussein had weapons of mass construction and considered a favorite to lead iraq after the toppling of whose sane. it became clear that his information was false or exaggerated, the u.s. began distancing themselves from him.

he tried to assure his place in the new iraq. >> i will be very much a part of the future of iraq but i am not a candidate for political offers. i want to focus on rebuilding civil society in iraq, which is the base of a true democracy. >> iraq and the u.s. forces invaded his home in 2004, searching for evidence that he could be spying for iran. he was also the target of at least one assassination attempt in 2008. he served as a deputy prime minister, but never reached to the top which iraq's political structure. al jazeera. >> a strong storm battering yemen's coast, the psych loan making landfall this morning. it's now begun to move inland. the storm could still cause major damage in a war-torn country. >> as waves crash into the sea wall, strong winds and torrential rain flood the coast

of the gulf of aden. at one point thursday, this tropical cyclone was close to a category five hurricane with winds of up to 550 kilometers an hour. it has weakened, but it is still hurricane strength and it's unprecedented. there have been on rare occasions a tropical cyclone that have moved on to the coast. the last time there was a tropical storm strength cyclone in yemen was back in 1960. >> a weaker tropical depression strength cyclone hit yemen in 2008. that storm killed at least 180 people and left quite a bit of damage behind. this is much stronger. coastal areas are flooded and forecasters expecting floodwaters to cause mudslides. it may bring 250 to 500 millimeters of rainfall. >> that's a few years worth of rain fouling in just a day or

two. >> the psych loan has made landfall south of the yemeni port city. the area has been under the control of al-qaeda since april. >> many roads are blocked and power supply cut down. >> it's expected to weaken as it movers toward sanna, which is controlled by houthi rebels. some organizations these groups are not equipped to handle this natural disaster. >> we have stocked our warehouses with tents, food, with drinkable water and we're ready to respond should the cyclone hit hard. it did actually sweep over the island yesterday, but the damages were not as big as initially foreseen, so we are racing for a low impact, now also for the rest of the country. >> the cyclone has changed direction, but there's concern in yemen, even as the storm loses strength after making

landfall. al jazeera. >> as paul said, that cyclone has gotten weaker but there are still dangers for people living on the coast. nicole mitchell has been tracking this hurricane. >> these are called different things in different parts of the world, here it's hurricane, there it's a cyclone. winds about if he didn't five miles an hour, occasional gusts higher than that. it was reacting with drier air and systems don't like that. it had already started weakening from that category fore strength. now the concern, even winds diminishing, the moisture, some of the average rainfall may be four inches a year in different places and we could get in some place an additional eight to 12, so that means two or three years worth of rainfall in some cases in a short period of time, that flooding now a big concern. heading back to our country, the

system that caused the flooding, this one easing obviously. we're focusing on the west coast, because this is a more potent system. this has brought little bits of rain even as far south as california. especially now that this is in the mountainous terrain, places like the central rockies, not in question. some places a foot and a half in higher he will reactions and dusting of snowfall makes it to the lower elevations. putting this in motion, what it does once it pulls out of this region is do what the last couple of systems have done, get that gulf mainly and then become more widespread rain as it hits the midsection of the country. ahead of that, though, very warm temperatures where that front hasn't gone through, a lot of 70's. >> november, so we'll take the snow for now. >> investigators from five countries are looking at what caused a russian passenger plane to crash. >> there are many theories and a lot of speculation. we'll talk to a former ntsb

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>> there's new evidence this morning into the investigation of that crash of a russian jetliner in egypt. there are trotters that a satellite saw a heat flash at the same time that the jet went down. that could point to an explosion on the airplane itself. the kremlin also saying investigators found items at the site that in their words were

not found on the plane. a former member of the ntsb joins us this morning. john, there is a lot of speculation, including that of jim hall, the former chair of the ntsb yesterday as to whether or not there might have been an explosive device onboard the plane itself. is that speculation in your opinion premature? >> well, i think everything is premature, because we don't have the many facts released to the. the scenario that we see does lend itself to the belief that it was either a device on the airplane or a missile of some type. >> there is a satellite picking up a heat signature. if it's not a bomb or missile, what would be scenarios be? >> investigators follow a set of protocol that is the same no

matter what kind of accident it is an investigative group will go over the weather to records, with all the systems on the airplane, so those groups act independently from anything else going on and they'll gather all the physical evidence of facts at that scene that we're looking at the on the screen right now. they will be doing that separately. there will be another group that goes through the recorder with a fine toothed comb. it was report that had they are finally going to start looking at the recorders today and even a quick read will probably give them enough information to determine whether or not the possibility of a device is real. i don't know that they're going to share that with all of us, but i'm sure by the end of today, they're going to have a very good feeling on what

brought this airplane down. >> the maintenance of the airplane itself, is that an issue at this point in time. >> everyone is talking about the bulkhead repair at the back of the airplane. looking at the pictures that are out of the tail, it doesn't appear that it played a role in this there has been a lot of repair on airplanes because of overrotation, and cracking. i've been involved in a number of those repairs. >> circumventing the sinai, that based on caution or inside information? >> from the outside we'll never know, let's hope it's an abundance of caution. i would shudder to think about these groups having missiles capable of bringing this airplane down. >> based on the experience that

the russians are saying that they think they know or they don't know what's going on, when it involves the russians, will they come clean if there is a cause and the cause points to terrorism? >> well, if you look at the past, i would say they will not come clean, but, you know, we don't know yet. >> what should we make of metro jet's claim that it was an external factor? >> if we go back and look at what happened with malaysia airlines and all the conflicting reports that came out from the soviet union, the best way to categorize them is misinformation, i don't put much faith in any of the verbal comments made by the satisfactory yet. >> john, we should calm you the straight talk expression, thank you very much for joining us this morning. >> the pentagon will keep operating in the south china sea despite protests by a u.s. sailing last week. he told the command in beijing the u.s. military would continue

to operate within the 12-mile limit. last week, a u.s. destroyer passed near an artificial island the chinese claim as their territory. china and france taking a bold step tackling climate change, agreeing any deal reached at next month's climate summit in paris should include checks on whether nations keeping their commitments to reduce emissions. >> the climate is the biggest question facing us all. it will determine peace in the coming decades. it will equally decide the quality of life and even life. >> china is the world's largest carbon emitter, of course followed by the united states. >> it is election day. houston deciding on whether to expand anti discrimination protection for lgbt residents. >> with the vote has pushed the city to the center of the gay rights debate. >> thousands was refugees making the dangerous trek to europe,

what a national leader told al jazeera just a short while ago about what should happen next.

>> tough that the country gave up on me. >> look at the trauma... every day is torture. >> this is our home. >> nobody should have to live like this. >> we made a promise to these heroes... this is one promise americans need to keep.

>> investigators showing a heat blast happened in the downing of the jet over the sinai peninsula. >> transcanada asked the state department monday to suspend its review process. the obama administration was in the final stages of deciding whether to go ahead with the pipeline. >> americans are heading to the polls for local elections and state elections, as well. ohio is going to decide whether to legalize the recreational sale and use of marijuana. and air b and b could face new restrictions and fees in san francisco if a ballot measure there is put in place.

>> houston is at the center of a major fight over lgbt rights, deciding whether to expand anti discrimination protections. >> as jonathan martin tells us, some are angry over one group on the list. >> houston has been a battleground dealing with this ordinance. >> in houston this week, voters are set to decide on a controversial proposal, the houston equal rights ordinance, prohibiting discrimination and employment, housing and public places, based on factors including able, race, religion, sexual orient takes and gender identity. >> right now in houston, if there is an instance of discrimination, that literally has to be a federal case, because there's no local protection to offer a local remedy and that's what this ordinance would do. it would create a local solution to a local problem. >> more than 200 u.s. cities already have similar ordinances. in 21 states and the district of

columbia have statewide protections. in houston, conservatives are blasting the measure, saying it goes against they're religious beliefs. >> the city of houston prop one is not about equality. that's already the law. it's about lawing men in women's longer rooms and bathrooms. >> opponents dubbed it the bathroom bill and reasonablous groups released ads like this one, showing a man posing as a sexual predator entering a woman's restroom. >> protect women's privacy, prevent danger, vote know on the proposition one bathroom ordinance. >> those banging the bill call the ads scare tactics. >> very frustrating to see a conversation about equality and treating people fairly devolve into a smear campaign against transpeople. >> supporters have showed transgender people being

welcomed. >> dylan is a great plumber, still works as hard as the rest of us. >> houston's mayor who is openly gay has been pushing for a city wide non-discrimination ordinance for more than a year. she said in a statement: >> gay rights activists say the outcome which tuesday's vote is important beyond houston as one of america's most diverse and adoptive cities, it is haven't after is top priority, pushing for no one discrimination law ins all 50 states. >> joining us from houston is lou weaver, a transgender program specialist. thank you for your time. what is at stake for your city

as a bastion of inclusiveness. >> we are talking about non-discrimination policy for all. we need to protect at the local level and we need to make sure people have a way to talk about a discrimination that's happening here. we need this local tool to make that happen. >> have you experienced discrimination there in any way? >> yes, as a transgender man, it's terrifying to go out sometimes with documents don't line up, that's been discriminated against in health care places. i'm fortunate i have not had a problem with employment but that's not the same for all my community. we need this because there is racism that happens in houston and we need to have a support system at the local level. >> to you, this is really substantive and yet there's all this talk about bathrooms and whether predators will somehow be allowed into female bathrooms. is this issue of bathrooms distracting from the real issues you are talking about?

>> this ordinance protects 15 different classify cases of people. when we had the ordinance in place for two months, what we saw was 56% of the claims were due to racism. at a popular houston nightclub, three african-american men were charged a cover when white patrons were not. they perceived discrimination but have no way to report that. these men have chosen to file a lawsuit and they have the means to do that. not everybody has the means to file a lawsuit. we need a local tool to deal with these things. >> your mayor has said it's not only personal because of sexual orientation, she has two children and they are african-american and mixed race, so the race issue is playing big. when it comes to this issue of gender identity, is that what you think is going to drive houstonens to the polls today?

>> i think it has been turned into something that it's not and i think people who believe in equality are going to turn to out and talk about the ways we see houston as a welcome and diversity. they want to take pride in their city. we are proud of being from houston. we want to be seen as the diversity. that's who we are, a growing and thriving city. i think that people, everybody, businesses have stood with us and we want to make sure we're seen that way. >> voters are going to the polls on this issue today. how cost do you feel that people of houston are going to uphold the anti discrimination allow? >> i think we need every vote, every vote's going to matter today. until the polls end at 7:00 p.m., we are going to encourage people to go to the polls, cast their vote and vote for equality and fairness for everybody who comes to houston. >> thank you. >> a suburb chicago school district has been found guilty

of violating the rights of transgender students. the department of education said school district 211 in palatine was wrong for denying a transgender girl access to the girls locker room. it now that 30 dice to change its policy or risk losing millions in federal funding. >> in kentucky today, voters choosing between the democratic attorney general and a key party republican as to who will become that state's next governor. polls leading up to the race showing the democratic jock can why is leading the republican, that fight hinging on the popular health exchange. >> in denver, voters choosing whether to recall three school board members, but the vote turning ugly over plans for reforms. as al jazeera explains, the outcome has far reaching implications nationwide. >> on a crisp colorado morning, teacher around parents are getting ready to go door to door. >> this piece is about making

sure that they actually vote. >> to convince the recall of board members. with the deadline approaching, they're taking tole streets of suburb denver. they disagree with what the majority conservative board in jefferson county has done over the past two years. >> i don't know who little that they seem to be doing the bidding of. i don't feel like it's me, my kids, my neighborhood. >> the board members of you should fire for plans that include moving money to charter schools and paying teachers based not on seniority but classroom performance. one proposal changing the advanced placement u.s. history curriculum to down play civil rights in favor of a more patriotic course. it was enough to send students to the streets, walking out of schools throughout the county in protest. >> hi, this is ken. i want to urge you to vote know

for all three recall questions. >> ken witt is the main target of the recall. he's the driving force behind the boards conservative movement. >> of course i want to see this type of education reform that makes a difference for students and their success. i want to see that replicated everywhere possible. >> this school district is made up of different communities. it is one third republican, one third democratic, and one third registered independent voters, and it's that combination and the issues at stake here that has attracted outside money and outside attention from all around the country. >> if this recall effort is about noise, that is who can make more disruptions, then these good school board members of likely going to lose their seats. >> backers like john of the independence institute of conservative colorado think tank say the school's approach should be a political model for schools across the country. >> these type of reforms are a

danger to the status quo and a proxy battle for how we should educate our kids should the bureaucracy be in control or the educating of the children be the priority. >> the local teachers union has donated $50,000 to defeat the board. >> if the recall fails, will you stay as a teacher in jefferson county, do you think? >> i do not know. i really don't know. >> if wednesday morning i find that i'm no longer on the board of education, i will get up and i will continue to work on improving education for students in the state and in this nation. >> when it's all over, spending on this recall election i guess expected to top $1 million.

al jazeera, golden, colorado. >> in the republican presidential race, there's a new poll that has ben carson extending his nationwide lead over donald trump. the nbc news wall street journal survey finding carson with 29% of the voters, the most of any republican, carson moving up six percentage points over the last month. trump's numbers are dropping. >> president obama spent last night poking fun at some of the republicans and their anger over their last debate. >> have you noticed that every one of these candidates say obama's weak, putin's kicking sand in his face. when i talk to putin, he's going to straighten out. just looking at them, i'm going to -- he's going to be..., and then, it turns out they can't handle a bunch of cnbc

moderators. >> republicans were unhappy about how that debate was run, but this morning, the candidates are at odds over how to change the rules for future debates. donald trump, chris christie, cooler fear and john kasich will not support an agreement reached that sunday night. the republican campaign drafted a proposal to work around the rnc and negotiate debate rules of future debates. >> the e.p.a. saying 10,000 more cars, including some made by porsches may have the emission cheating software.

>> most refugees are fleeing syria where six war has raged for more than four years. austria understand slovenia have been caught in the middle, setting up refugee camps along their borders. slovenia's prime minister told me last hour an your word this morning that his country is struggling to keep up. >> there is really a mass migration and we are doing what we can to treat the migrants and refugees among them in the most human way possible, we try to be humane, compassionate, we provide for warm shelter, food, water, medical care, and everything we can, but of course, slovenia is a small middle european country. it has only 2 million in habitants and we cannot provide for the refugees and other migrants beyond our capabilities, so we are doing

all we can to help them, but of course as a transit country, we would like to see, to find this common european solution for the issue. we would like to seep the european union, to be able to establish effective control on the external border, the border between greece and turkey. above all, we would like to see that the european union would be able to finalize and conclude the agreement with turkey in order to stop this migration flow or reduce it to a great extent. >> let's start with turkey being the solution here, that the external borders need to be preserved there. refugees in turkey are not given the rights they are in europe, sir. 70% of refugee children around in school. is that convenient for europe but bad for the refugees? >> no, not in this way. the only solution is that the european union give some help,

some support to turkey, in financial aid and other ways, and we should provide some means so that those migrants, those refugees in turkey could be in much better position. we must help turkey provide for human rights, for dignity and for that reason, the european union should really substantially help the turkey with dealing with this terrible migration issue. >> the prime minister said the volume of refugees entering his country would be the equivalent of about 2 million refugees entering the united states every day. >> severe thunderstorms expected to drench states across the south and midwest again today. that has left several states blanketed by fog, including washington, d.c. you can see the haze over the nation's capitol this morning. we want to take you live to st. louis. this is morning there, kind of

foggy. residents have been told drive a little more cautious than normal this morning. that fog produced because of all that rain that moved through the region. >> we had that big blanketing of rain. it hit a lot of places soaking the south. here's what's evident left of all that. this is moving out of the, but it left all that moisture behind. this is how we get the fog, november and fall in general, one of our foggiest months and season, and this is part of the reason why. remember i showed you the temperatures early and how warm they were ahead of the front. behind the front, places like los angeles, we were in 80's a couple of days ago, but almost two thirds of the country running at or above average, warm, a lot of 70's. >> those warm day time temperatures can hold a lot of mainly. we have a lot of moisture through the south after all that rain came through. we're get to go longer nights now. those temperatures are able to drop down even more. when that happens overnight, the

amount fear sat rates because all that moisture held during the warm day then kind of starts to wring out a little bit and you get these area of fog. all these grace, those are all places we've been dealing with this morning. not quite burned off yet with that morning sunshine, so take it slow. we'll continue to watch that big burning system out west. that is much more of a winter system. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> some knife responders are saying this morning congress has failed them. >> a law giving them health coverage has expired. many say a new proposal does not go far enough.

>> a nebraska company recalling 200,000 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with e-coli. the supply was shipped to retailers across the country. some of it may be in your freezers. the usda recommending cooking the meat to an internal temperature of 160 degrees to kill harmful bacteria. so far, no ill insists have been reported. >> more anger today over a proposal to extend health care coverage for 9/11 first responders. >> the does a yoga act was named after a firefighter

>> they are still suffering the health impact of their service. >> congress cast thousands of people who worked at the world trade center after the september 11 attacks into a situation where they face losing their federally funded health care. some first responders called one option under consideration in congress a bad deal. that measure would extend the zadroga act buy five years. a senator championed a permanent extension. >> the push back is we'd like to have a five year bill. this should be a permanent bill. >> congress is also considering a bill that would extend the zadroga act indefinitely. senator jill grand is the lead sponsor of that version. she now says she has enough votes to get that measure through the senate.

it's not clear if there is enough support to extend the health care bill in the house. those first responders who suffer want the government to act. >> everything that was in that believe, we ingested. anybody there has inhaled that cloud. >> here's what else has first responders upset. new house speaker paul ryan wants all bills to go through committee before they're sent to the house floor. that means the republican house version with the short term extension would likely come up for a vote and the one backed by the senate may not. >> what happens if lawmakers do nothing? >> the health agency programs funded under the law have enough money to last a year now. if the stall act is not extended, they'll shut down those programs and thousands who worked at ground zero worry they will not longer get the health care they need. >> these are the men and women we call heroes.

thank you very much. >> economists are warning about a trend, a sharp rise in the death rates among white, middle aged americans. the finding's in sharp can frost with other demographic groups in other rich countries. for them, the mortality rate is decreasing as it was for white americans before 1998. after that year, death rates among the group started to increase. researchers say that it could be due to a rise in suicide and substance abuse. >> raising a lot of eyebrows in the medical field. >> billion was dollars for a game favorite. >> canty crush could get an offer to become one of america's fastest growing industries. >> living off the grid together, what one community is doing to attract new residents. it's all about sustainability.

>> there is a megamerger involving the wildly popular on line game candy crush. act vision will acquire king digital entertainment, it owns candy crush and is the third highest game publisher nationwide. act vision is known for call of dust and guitar hero. >> a community lives off the grid and they're building a

sustainable life, calling themselves an echo village. >> on land she bought for a dollar, claire built a house of clay, stone and straw. it draws power from wind and sun. she raising vegetables and fish to eat and runs a business that gross plants without soil, hydrouponnics. she is trying to live and work sustainably. >> the interesting thing about this spot, it's in an eco village, attempting to be completely sustainable. this is the perfect place to do it, because the rest of the inhabitants here are intending to be off grid. >> this guy dug his foundation with a pick ax and a shovel. he's mixing his concrete in a wheel barrel with a shovel. he's my hero. >> the cofounder, ms. neighbor, his hero lives in a buried shipping container. his business manages to be

comfortable and environmentally sustainable. >> this whole place exists because many communities around here are looking for ways to attract people into them. the small towns are dying, the big cities are getting bigger. >> burying a house in the ground to keep it warm in winter and cool in summer is something they used to do more than 100 years ago, the early european settlers when they first came here. the eco village wants to use whatever means they need to to get people back into the countryside. >> this is a common sight. once father-in-law families drove on these streets and merchants, teachers and government workers lived in the houses. farming changed, younger people moved away. schools closed down and then entire villages. >> more technology and agriculture, more chemicals, more pesticides, more productivity, this push of people out of the country sides that really comes from

agriculture. >> it is growing. across the highway in the main town, people are also dying houses. the reason for this rare success is office. >> it is more than just the houses you build and the energy you put in here. it becomes the food you eat, it becomes the travel you do, it becomes all of these things, which are part of that 100%. that's what brought us out here. >> all around, the rolling prairie landscape where much of the word's food is still grown by fewer and fewer people. coaxing them to return here and live again is a challenge, one they're meeting in this community, at least. >> have you seen that movie "the martian" yet? >> no. >> those people would do well there. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> your world this morning is back tomorrow beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern.

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